MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

12.03.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

SESA GOA LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Sesa Ghoar 20 EDC Complex Patto, Panjim – 403 001, Goa

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2012

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

25.06.1965

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

24-000044

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs. 869.101 millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L13209GA1965PLC000044

 

 

Legal Form :

A Public Limited Liability Company. The Company’s Shares are Listed on the Stock Exchange.

 

 

Line of Business :

Producer and Exporter of Iron Ore

 

 

No. of Employees :

4728 (Approximately)

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba (50)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 516520000

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct

 

 

Litigation :

Exist

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well established and reputed company having satisfactory track record. There appears some dip in the turnover and profitability of the company. Such a dip is due to increase in export duty, lower sales volume on account of ban in mining operation in Karnataka, closure of Orissa Operations.

 

The market condition for the company seems to be unfavorable. The company is facing some difficulties due to the changes in government regulations.

 

However, networth of the company is good. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are reported to be usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2012)

Current Rating

(30.06.2012)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

INDIAN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

India is developing into an open-market economy, yet traces of its past autarkic policies remain. Economic liberalization, including industrial deregulation, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and reduced controls on foreign trade and investment, began in the early 1990s and has served to accelerate the country's growth, which has averaged more than 7% per year since 1997. India's diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of services. Slightly more than half of the work force is in agriculture, but services are the major source of economic growth, accounting for more than half of India's output, with only one-third of its labor force. India has capitalized on its large educated English-speaking population to become a major exporter of information technology services and software workers. In 2010, the Indian economy rebounded robustly from the global financial crisis - in large part because of strong domestic demand - and growth exceeded 8% year-on-year in real terms. However, India's economic growth in 2011 slowed because of persistently high inflation and interest rates and little progress on economic reforms. High international crude prices have exacerbated the government's fuel subsidy expenditures contributing to a higher fiscal deficit, and a worsening current account deficit. Little economic reform took place in 2011 largely due to corruption scandals that have slowed legislative work. India's medium-term growth outlook is positive due to a young population and corresponding low dependency ratio, healthy savings and investment rates, and increasing integration into the global economy. India has many long-term challenges that it has not yet fully addressed, including widespread poverty, inadequate physical and social infrastructure, limited non-agricultural employment opportunities, scarce access to quality basic and higher education, and accommodating rural-to-urban migration.

Source : CIA

 

 

EXTERNAL AGENCY RATING

 

Rating Agency Name

CRISIL

Rating

AA+ (Long Term Bank Facility )

Rating Explanation

Continues on Rating Watch with Developing Implications. High degree of safety. It carry very low credit risk.

Date

31st December 2012

 

 

RBI DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available RBI Defaulters’ list.

 

 

EPF (Employee Provident Fund) DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available EPF (Employee Provident Fund) Defaulters’ list as of 31-03-2012.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Sesa Ghoar 20 EDC Complex Patto, Panjim – 403001, Goa, India

Tel. No.:

91-832-2460600

E-Mail :

cdchitnis@sesagoa.com

Website :

www.sesagoa.com

 

 

Factory 1 :

Mining establishments at Goa, Karnataka and Orissa

 

 

Factory 2 :

Metallurgical Coke (Met Coke) Division at Amona, Goa

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on 31.03.2012

 

Name :

Mr. Kuldip K Kaura

Designation :

Independent and Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gurudas D Kamat

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Jagdish P Singh

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ashok Kini

Designation :

Independent Non-Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amit Pradhan

Designation :

Whole-time Director

Date of Birth/Age :

57 Years

Qualification :

M.Sc.(Physics)

Experience :

34 Years

Date of Appointment :

15.01.1990

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prasun K Mukherjee

Designation :

Managing Director

Date of Birth/Age :

56 Years

Qualification :

B.Com (Hons.) F.C.A., A.I.C.W.A.

Experience :

33 Years

Date of Appointment :

14.04.1987

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

 

Name :

Czamarka Gustavo

Designation :

Head - Iron Ore Marketing

Date of Birth/Age :

37 Years

Qualification :

BA (Economics), PGDBM , Master International Management

Experience :

14 Years

Date of Appointment :

30.08.2010

 

 

Name :

Correia Afonso Lalita

Designation :

AVP – Corporate Finance

Date of Birth/Age :

49 Years

Qualification :

B.com , A.C.A.

Experience :

25 Years

Date of Appointment :

01.06.1990

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rai A.K.

Designation :

Wholetime Director

Date of Birth/Age :

60 Years

Qualification :

B.Sc. Mining Engineering 1st class Mine Manager Certificate

Experience :

35 Years

Date of Appointment :

14.04.1975

 

 

Name :

Mr. Buckley Peter

Designation :

Head - Exploration

Date of Birth/Age :

45 Years

Qualification :

B.Sc. Geology and Geophysics , Science (Honors) Geological Mapping

Experience :

20 Years

Date of Appointment :

03.08.2011

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gaonkar Gurudas

Designation :

Hydraulic Shovel Operator

Date of Birth/Age :

59 Years

Qualification :

Std III

Experience :

34 Years

Date of Appointment :

21.02.1977

 

 

Name :

Mr. Samant Rajendra

Designation :

Senior Mine Foreman

Date of Birth/Age :

60 Years

Qualification :

Std VIII

Experience :

34 Years

Date of Appointment :

07.03.1977

 

 

Name :

Mr. Radhakrishna N

Designation :

Associate General Manager - Maintenance

Date of Birth/Age :

61 Years

Qualification :

Diploma (Civil Engineering)

Experience :

36 Years

Date of Appointment :

09.08.1977

 

 

Name :

Mr. Gaunkar Vishwanath

Designation :

Senior Staffman

Date of Birth/Age :

59 Years

Experience :

33 Years

Date of Appointment :

06.02.1978

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dessai Vishnum

Designation :

Senior Officer - Purchase

Date of Birth/Age :

61 Years

Qualification :

MA (Economics)

Experience :

38 Years

Date of Appointment :

13.11.1978

 

 

Name :

Mr. Shetkar Shrikant

Designation :

Head Painter II

Date of Birth/Age :

60 Years

Qualification :

Std IV

Experience :

37 Years

Date of Appointment :

26.07.1982

 

 

Name :

Mr. Araujo Allen

Designation :

Associate Manager - Purchase

Date of Birth/Age :

28 Years

Qualification :

Diploma (Structural and Fabrication Engineering)

Experience :

52 Years

Date of Appointment :

28.05.1990

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prasanna Kumar T

Designation :

Associate General Manager - Operations

Date of Birth/Age :

52 Years

Qualification :

Diploma (Mine and Mine Surveying) , AMIE

Experience :

31 Years

Date of Appointment :

17.06.1994

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajadhyaksh Prakash

Designation :

AGM - Production and Development

Date of Birth/Age :

61 Years

Qualification :

BE (Metallurgy), D.S.M.

Experience :

37 Years

Date of Appointment :

03.08.1992

 

 

Name :

Mr. Garudangiri Yogeesh

Designation :

AVP – Commercial

Date of Birth/Age :

55 Years

Qualification :

BE (Mechanical)

Experience :

32 Years

Date of Appointment :

31.07.1995

 

 

Name :

Mr. Singh Suresh

Designation :

Executive Director - WCL

Date of Birth/Age :

53 Years

Qualification :

B. Tech (Mining), First Class Manager’s Certificate of Competency

Experience :

31 Years

Date of Appointment :

03.06.2002

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on 31.12.2012

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

 

 

 

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(1) Indian

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(2) Foreign

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifBodies Corporate

479113619

55.13

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifSub Total

479113619

55.13

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

479113619

55.13

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(1) Institutions

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifMutual Funds / UTI

2275617

0.26

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifFinancial Institutions / Banks

15105302

1.74

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifInsurance Companies

19313543

2.22

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifForeign Institutional Investors

237340914

27.31

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifSub Total

274035376

31.53

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifBodies Corporate

12303063

1.42

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividuals

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs. 0.100 million

96014238

11.05

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividual shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs. 0.100 million

4632317

0.53

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifAny Others (Specify)

3002810

0.35

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifNon Resident Indians

1938129

0.22

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifTrusts

640687

0.07

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifClearing Members

412860

0.05

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifForeign Corporate Bodies

7794

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifDirectors & their Relatives & Friends

3340

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifSub Total

115952428

13.34

Total Public shareholding (B)

389987804

44.87

Total (A)+(B)

869101423

100.00

(C) Shares held by Custodians and against which Depository Receipts have been issued

0

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

0

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(2) Public

0

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifSub Total

0

0.00

Total (A)+(B)+(C)

869101423

0.00

 

Equity Share Break up (Percentage of Total Equity)

 

Category

Percentage

Foreign holdings( Foreign institutional investor(s), Foreign companie(s) Foreign financial institution(s), Non-resident Indian(s) or Overseas Corporate bodies or Others

 

Bodies corporate

 

Directors or relatives of Directors

 

Other top fifty shareholders

 

Total

100.00

 

 

 

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

 

Line of Business :

Producer and Exporter of Iron Ore

 

 

Products :

Item Code No.

Product Description

26011100

Iron Ore

89011004

Vessels

27040009

Metallurgical coke

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

 

No. of Employees :

4728 (Approximately)

 

 

Bankers :

  • Canara Bank
  • State Bank of India
  • ICICI Bank Limited

 

 

Facilities :

Secured Loan

As on

31.03.2012

(Rs. in

Millions)

As on

31.03.2011

(Rs. in

Millions)

Loans repayable on demand from banks

 

 

Cash credit

(Secured against hypothecation of finished goods, consumables, stores, book debts and lodgement of letters of credit)

15.000

33.100

Total

15.000

33.100

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

Deloitte Haskins and Sells

Chartered Accountants

Address :

Tower 3, 27th  - 32nd Floor, Indiabulls Finance Centre, Eiphinstone Mill Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone (West), Mumbai – 400 013, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-61854000

Fax No.:

91-22-61854501/4601

 

 

Ultimate Holding company:

·         Vedanta Resources Plc

 

 

Intermediaries :

·         Finsider International Company Limited

·         Twin Star Holdings Limited

·         Westglobe Limited

 

 

Subsidiaries :

·         Sesa Resources Limited

·         Sesa Mining Corporation Limited

·         Bloom Fountain Limited

·         Western Cluster Limited

·         Goa Energy Private Limited (from March 2, 2012)

 

 

Associate (and an indirect subsidiary of the ultimate holding company):

·         Cairn India Limited

 

 

Jointly Controlled Entity:

·         Goa Maritime Private Limited

 

 

Fellow Subsidiaries:

Bharat Aluminum Company Limited

·         Hindustan Zinc Limited

·         Konkola Copper Mines

·         Sterlite Industries (India) Limited

·         Sterlite Iron and Steel Company Limited

·         Sterlite Technologies Limited

·         Talwandi Sabo Private Limited

·         The Madras Aluminum Company Limited

·         Twin Star Mauritius Holdings Limited

·         Vedanta Aluminum Limited

·         Vizag General Berth Cargo Private Limited

 

 

Enterprise in which significant influence is exercised by Key Management Personnel :

·         Sesa Community Development Foundation

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

As on 31.03.2012

 

Authorized Capital:

 

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

1000000000

Equity Shares

Re. 1/- each

Rs. 1000.000 millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital:

 

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

869101423

Equity Shares

Re. 1/- each

Rs. 869.101 millions

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

a.      Reconciliation of Equity Shares and Amounts Outstanding

 

Particulars

March 31, 2012

 

Number of

Shares

Rs. in millions

 

 

 

At the beginning of the year

869,101,423

869.100

Conversion of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds

-

-

Pursuant to a scheme of amalgamation

-

-

At the end of the year

869,101,423

869.100

 

 

 

 

 

b.      Terms / rights attached to equity shares

 

The Company has only one class of equity shares having a par value of Re. 1. The equity shares have rights, preferences and restrictions which are in accordance with the provisions of law, in particular the Companies Act, 1956.

 

c.       Shares held by holding / ultimate holding company and / or their subsidiaries / associates

 

Particulars

March 31, 2012

 

Number of

Shares

% of Holding

 

 

 

Finsider International Company Limited

401,496,480

46.20

West Globe Limited

44,343,139

5.10

Twinstar Holdings Limited

33,274,000

3.83

 

 

 

 

All the above entities are subsidiaries of Vedanta Resources Plc. Accordingly; Vedanta Resources Plc. is the ultimate holding company

 

d.      Aggregate number of bonus shares issued and shares issued for consideration other than cash during the period of five years immediately preceding the reporting date.

 

Particulars

March 31, 2012

 

 

Equity shares allotted as fully paid-up shares for consideration other than cash pursuant to a scheme of amalgamation

9,398,864

Equity shares allotted as fully paid-up bonus shares pursuant to capitalization of reserves and securities premium account.

393,620,200

 

 

 

 

e.      Details of shareholders holding more than 5% shares in the Company other than as shown in (c) above.

 

Particulars

March 31, 2012

 

Number of

Shares

% of Holding

 

 

 

Franklin Templeton Investment Funds

85,073,669

9.79

 

 

 

 

f.        Terms of securities convertible into equity shares

 

For shares to be issued on conversion of Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

869.100

869.100

831.000

2] Share Application Money

0.000

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

128262.800

115019.000

71256.100

4] (Accumulated Losses)

0.000

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

129131.900

115888.100

72087.100

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

15.000

33.100

96.100

2] Unsecured Loans

35976.300

9680.100

19161.900

TOTAL BORROWING

35991.300

9713.200

19258.000

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

851.000

631.000

592.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

165974.200

126232.300

91937.100

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

9929.900

7598.700

5121.500

Capital work-in-progress

6810.000

5045.400

680.100

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

144206.200

94638.100

54786.400

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

7572.900
6361.000
4086.600

 

Sundry Debtors

4621.900
5068.800
2784.600

 

Cash & Bank Balances

720.100
8913.200
23774.100

 

Other Current Assets

0.000
141.200
392.700

 

Loans & Advances

4520.000
14211.400
11111.900

Total Current Assets

17434.900
34695.600
42149.900

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 
 
 

 

Sundry Creditors

7374.000

8771.600

5959.300

 

Other Current Liabilities

2965.000
2935.400
1091.200

 

Provisions

2067.800
4038.500
3750.300

Total Current Liabilities

12406.800
15745.500
10800.800

Net Current Assets

5028.100
18950.100
31349.100

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

165974.200

126232.300

91937.100

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income 

65134.500

74930.800

45947.800

 

 

Hire of ship and transhipper

0.000

0.000

75.500

 

 

Services and other proceeds

0.000

0.000

580.000

 

 

Miscellaneous income

0.000

0.000

4094.500

 

 

Other Income

3863.300

5152.000

0.000

 

 

TOTAL                                     (A)

68997.800

80082.800

50697.800

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Production and operational expenses

0.000

0.000

22267.500

 

 

Administration expenses

0.000

0.000

738.700

 

 

Cost of materials consumed

5721.600

3973.500

0.000

 

 

Purchase of stock-in-trade

3670.100

5363.900

0.000

 

 

Changes in inventories of finished goods, work-in-progress and stock-in-trade

485.600

(121.300)

0.000

 

 

Employee benefits expense

1914.400

1490.800

0.000

 

 

Other expenses

27297.300

23825.100

0.000

 

 

TOTAL                                     (B)

39089.000

34532.000

23006.200

 

 

 

 

 

Less

PROFIT BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (A-B)      (C)

29908.800

45550.800

27691.600

 

 

 

 

 

Less

FINANCIAL EXPENSES                         (D)

4200.000

861.500

536.900

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION (C-D)                                       (E)

25708.800

44689.300

27154.700

 

 

 

 

 

Less/ Add

DEPRECIATION/ AMORTISATION                     (F)

838.500

831.300

573.800

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exceptional Items

660.900

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE TAX (E-F)                               (G)

24209.400

43858.000

26580.900

 

 

 

 

 

Less

TAX                                                                  (I)

7410.000

9530.000

5400.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT AFTER TAX (G-I)                                  (J)

16799.400

34328.000

21180.900

 

 

 

 

 

Add

PREVIOUS YEARS’ BALANCE BROUGHT FORWARD

8769.700

2977.000

955.700

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

General Reserve

5000.000

25000.000

16000.000

 

 

Proposed Dividend

0.000

0.000

2700.600

 

 

Dividend Tax

79.200

493.500

459.000

 

 

Interim Dividend

3476.400

3041.800

0.000

 

BALANCE CARRIED TO THE B/S

17013.500

8769.700

2977.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

EARNINGS IN FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

 

 

 

 

Export Earnings

51214.200

62589.300

40277.700

 

 

Dispatch money

93.100

177.400

87.300

 

 

Sale of Carbon Credits

79.400

44.400

0.000

 

TOTAL EARNINGS

51386.700

62811.100

40365.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

Raw Materials

3972.200

5097.000

3437.800

 

 

Components and spare parts

139.200

172.100

141.100

 

 

Capital Goods

276.200

1111.700

98.200

 

TOTAL IMPORTS

4387.600

6380.800x

3677.100

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

19.33

39.98

26.11

 

 

QUARTERLY / SUMMARISED RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

30.06.2012

30.09.2012

31.12.2012

 

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

 Net Sales

13768.600

2857.700

2347.100

 Total Expenditure

10911.700

2947.400

3433.100

 PBIDT (Excl OI)

2856.900

(89.700)

(1086.000)

 Other Income

1349.000

1980.200

1893.600

 Operating Profit

4205.900

1890.500

807.600

 Interest

1136.200

813.400

1014.900

 Exceptional Items

(97.100)

0.000

0.000

 PBDT

2972.600

1077.100

(207.300)

 Depreciation

226.000

254.800

274.600

 Profit Before Tax

2746.600

822.300

(481.900)

 Tax

470.000

320.000

(660.000)

Provisions and contingencies

0.000

0.000

0.000

Profit After Tax

2276.600

502.300

178.100

Extraordinary Items       

0.000

0.000

0.000

Prior Period Expenses

0.000

0.000

0.000

Other Adjustments

0.000

0.000

0.000

Net Profit

2276.600

502.300

178.100

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

31.03.2010

PAT / Total Income

(%)

24.35

42.86

41.78

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

37.17

58.53

57.85

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

88.47

103.69

56.23

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

0.18

0.38

0.37

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Debt/Networth)

 

0.27

0.08

0.27

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

1.40

2.20

3.90

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Sr. No.

Check List by Info Agents

Available in Report (Yes / No)

1]

Year of Establishment

Yes

2]

Locality of the firm

Yes

3]

Constitutions of the firm

Yes

4]

Premises details

No

5]

Type of Business

Yes

6]

Line of Business

Yes

7]

Promoter's background

Yes

8]

No. of employees

Yes

9]

Name of person contacted

No

10]

Designation of contact person

No

11]

Turnover of firm for last three years

Yes

12]

Profitability for last three years

Yes

13]

Reasons for variation <> 20%

----

14]

Estimation for coming financial year

Yes

15]

Capital in the business

Yes

16]

Details of sister concerns

Yes

17]

Major suppliers

No

18]

Major customers

No

19]

Payments terms

No

20]

Export / Import details (if applicable)

No

21]

Market information

----

22]

Litigations that the firm / promoter involved in

Yes

23]

Banking Details

Yes

24]

Banking facility details

Yes

25]

Conduct of the banking account

----

26]

Buyer visit details

----

27]

Financials, if provided

Yes

28]

Incorporation details, if applicable

Yes

29]

Last accounts filed at ROC

Yes

30]

Major Shareholders, if available

Yes

31]

Date of Birth of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

Yes

32]

PAN of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

33]

Voter ID No of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

34]

External Agency Rating, if available

Yes

 

 

LITIGATION DETAILS:

 

Reg. No. :- WP / 467 / 2012

Stamp No. :- STM / 1154 / 2012

Case Status :

Pending (Final Hearing)

Petitioner :

1.       UNITED MINE WORKERS UNION

Respondent :

1.       M/S SESA GOA LTD.

Petitoner Adv. :

SHIVRAJ GAONKAR

District :

North Goa

Bench :

Single

Act :

Constitution of India

Category :

OTHERS (W.P)

Case Stage :

FOR ADMISSION - AFTER NOTICE

Hearing Date :

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Application Maters

Connected Maters

No application matters

No connected matters

 

 

UNSECURED LOAN:

                                                                                                                                           (Rs. in Millions)

Particulars

As on 31.03.2012

 

As on 31.03.2011

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency convertible bonds

11090.700

9680.100

Other loans and advances

 

 

Packing credit in foreign currencies from banks

12794.000

0.000

Commercial paper [Maximum balance outstanding during the year Rs. 24697.500 millions (Previous year Nil)]

11254.900

0.000

Buyers’ credit

836.700

0.000

 

 

 

TOTAL

35976.300

9680.100

 

 

Note:

 

During the year ended March 31, 2010, the Company had issued 5,000 Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (“FCCBs”) aggregating US$ 500 million at a coupon rate of 5% (net to bondholder).

 

The bondholders have an option to convert these FCCBs into shares, at a conversion price of Rs.  346.88 Per share and at a fixed rate of exchange on conversion of Rs.  48.00 per U.S. $ 1.00 at any time on or after December 9, 2009.

 

The conversion price is subject to adjustment in certain circumstances. The FCCBs may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, on or after October 30, 2012, subject to certain conditions. Unless previously converted, redeemed or repurchased and cancelled, the FCCBs fall due for redemption on October 31, 2014 at par.

 

Upto March 31, 2012, 2,832 FCCB’s have been converted into 39,188,159 equity shares.

 

A part of the FCCB proceeds aggregating Rs. 10408.600 millions (March 31, 2011 Rs. 7752.800 millions) has been utilised for the Company’s capital projects.

 

PERFORMANCE:

 

Sesa continues to focus on improving internal operational efficiencies, while aspiring to achieve higher performance levels. However, during the year, volumes were under pressure.

 

Iron ore production and sales were 13.8 and 16.0 mt in 2011-12 compared to 18.8 and 18.1 mt (17.4 and 16.4 mt excluding Orissa) in the previous year. External sales revenue from iron ore decreased by 3%, from Rs. 83870.000 millions in 2010-11 to Rs.  81120.000 millions in 2011-12.

 

The pig iron business’ sales volume decreased by 6% to 250,571 tonnes in 2011-12, while sales revenue grew, fuelled by better prices, by 8% to Rs. 7200.000 millions in 2011-12.

 

Sales and production volume of metallurgical (met) coke were at similar levels as last year, at 251,264 tonnes and 256,575 tonnes respectively in 2011-12. External sales revenue increased by 24% to Rs. 2000.000 millions in 2011-12.

 

Sesa’s net income from operations fell by 10% to Rs. 83100.000 millions in 2011-12. Operating cash profit (PBDT) declined by 43% to Rs.  3235.000 millions in 2011-12. PAT (including associate income) decreased 36% to Rs.  26960.000 millions, and diluted earnings per share were Rs.  31.01 in 2011-12. With effect from December 8, 2011, Cairn India Limited (CIL) became an associate company and accordingly, the Company’s share of profits in CIL, attributable to the period after acquisition till March 31, 2012, have been recognized in the consolidated financial results.

 

OUTLOOK

 

As stated earlier, the longer term perspective of the iron ore market remains stable with a gradual move towards equilibrium. Consensus expectations indicate a global deficit in iron ore continuing for the next two years, followed by pressure on prices as new mining capacities are added. Cost pressures, especially related to capital expenditure, uncertainty of imposition of fresh taxation by regulators and project delays could potentially constrain the speed at which new supply is added, which could be additional buoyancy for prices.

 

On the cost front, royalty rates, railway and road freight and export duties are expected to exert pressure on the Company, while volumes would continue to be challenged by uncertainties in policy decisions and hurdles in logistics. We continue to remain cautiously optimistic of overcoming such obstacles. The following will continue to be our strategic thrust areas for the year 2012-13.

 

Safety: Safety will continue to be paramount and at the forefront of all our operations. Our focus in 2012-13 will be to improve on the currently stellar safety performance in the pig iron and met coke businesses by further reducing near misses and incidents, and to work consistently and intensively to duplicate this performance in the iron ore (and associated) divisions.

 

Production: With a focus on enhancing operational efficiencies, we will continuously strive to restore performance levels to better the best performance in previous years. We look forward to Karnataka operations resuming to full-blown levels in the near term. The commissioning of our met coke and pig iron expansions take our capacities to 560 and 625 ktpa respectively and we look forward to full capacity utilisation rates during the year.

 

Cost Reduction and Process Optimisation: With increasing pressures from external factors pushing costs up, we look forward to initiating newer avenues to contain costs, with more and more technology interventions to improve efficiencies, simplify processes and ease inflationary impacts.

 

People Best Practices: We will continue our focus on people development, learning and other engagement initiatives towards making our organisation an exemplary workplace.

 

Stakeholder Perception: Our resolve to partner with our communities remains steadfast, as ever, and we are actively engaging with all stakeholders.

 

STATEMENT OF UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 2012

 

(Rs. in millions)

S. No.

 

 

 

Particulars

 

 

 

STANDALONE

UNAUDITED

Quarter ended

31.12.2012

Preceding

Quarter ended

30.09.2012

Nine months

ended

31.12.2012

1

Income from Operations

(a)        Sales / Income from operations

2509.900

242.100

3127.300

278.400

21006.400

719.500

 

Less: Excise duty

2267.800

2848.900

20286.900

 

 

Less: Ocean freight

 

0.700

 

49.700

 

1581.900

 

 

(b)        Other operating income

2267.100

80.000

2799.200

58.500

18705.000

268.400

 

Total income from operations (net)

2347.100

2857.700

18973.400

2

Expenses

 

 

 

 

(a)        Cost of materials consumed

2533.200

1693.100

5586.000

 

(b)        Purchase of ore

(2.900)

117.700

1058.300

 

(c)        Changes in inventories of finished goods, work-
in-progress and stock in trade

(1095.600)

(1036.000)

(2465.400)

 

(d)        Employee benefits expense

431.600

450.000

1383.800

 

(e)        Consumption of stores

170.800

505.200

1436.600

 

(f)         Contractors for inland transportation & other
services

-           Inland transportation

-          

 

 

57.200

 

 

87.300

 

 

769.600

 

 

Other services

 

282.300

478.400

1499.500

 

(g)        Export duty

-

95.300

3423.400

 

(h)        Depreciation and amortisation expense

 

274.600

254.800

755.400

 

(i)         Other expenses

809.500

555.100

2041.800

 

(j) Net (gain) / loss on foreign currency transactions and translations (k) Less: Costs / expenses recovered

247.000

(1870.600)

760.000

 

(k) Less: Cost / expenses recovered

-

1.300

(72.000)

 

Total expenses

3707.700

1331.600

16177.000

3

Profit / (loss) from operations before other income, finance costs and exceptional items (1-2)

(1360.600)

1526.100

2796.400

4

Other income

1893.600

109.600

3352.200

5

Profit / (loss) from ordinary activities before finance costs and exceptional items (3+4)

533.000

1635.700

6148.600

6

Finance costs

1014.900

813.400

2964.500

7

Profit / (loss) from ordinary activities after finance costs but before exceptional items (5­6)

(481.900)

822.300

3184.100

8

Exceptional items

-

-

97.100

9

Profit / (loss) from ordinary activities before tax (7-8)

(481.900)

822.300

3087.000

10

Tax expense (Refer Note 5)

(660.000)

320.000

130.000

11

Net Profit / (loss) from ordinary activities after tax (9 - 10)

178.100

502.300

2957.000

12

Share of profit of an associate

-

-

-

13

Net profit / (loss) after taxes and share of profit/(loss) of an associate (11+12)

178.100

502.300

2957.000

14

15

16

Paid up equity capital (Face value Re.1)

Reserves excluding Revaluation Reserves as per balance sheet of previous accounting year Earnings per share (of Re. 1 each) before and after extraordinary items [*Not annualised]

-           Basic

-           Diluted

839.100

 

 

 

 

0.20

(0.07)

869.100

 

 

 

 

0.58

0.12

869.100

 

 

 

 

3.40

3.40

 

S.

No.

Particulars

Quarter ended

31.12.2012

Preceding

Quarter ended

30.09.2012

Nine months

ended

31.12.2012

A

PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING

 

 

 

1

Public shareholding

 

 

 

 

- Number of shares

389987804

389987804

389987804

 

- Percentage of shareholding

44.87

44.87

44.87

2

Promoters and Promoter Group Shareholding

 

 

 

(a)

Pledged /Encumbered

 

 

 

 

Number of shares

-

 

-

 

Percentage of shares (as a % of the total

-

 

-

 

shareholding of promoter and promoter

 

 

 

 

group)

 

 

 

 

Percentage of shares (as a % of the total

-

 

-

 

share capital of the company)

 

 

 

(b)

Non-encumbered

 

 

 

 

Number of shares

479113619

479113619

479113619

 

Percentage of shares (as a % of the total

100

100

100

 

shareholding of promoter and promoter

 

 

 

 

group)

 

 

 

 

Percentage of shares (as a % of the total

55.13

55.13

55.13

 

share capital of the company)

 

 

 

 

 

Particulars

Quarter ended

31.12.2012

B

INVESTOR COMPLAINTS

Pending at the beginning of the quarter

Received during the quarter

Disposed of during the quarter

Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter

 

-

4

4

-

 

      (Rs. in millions)

Segment Information

 

Quarter ended

31.12.2012

Preceding

Quarter ended

30.09.2012

Nine months

ended

31.12.2012

 

Unaudited

Segment Revenues

 

 

 

Iron ore

187.400

782.600

13010.500

Metallurgical coke

1363.000

1649.600

4169.500

Pig iron

1821.300

2157.900

5348.200

Power

-

-

-

Total

3371.700

4590.100

22528.200

Less: Inter-segment revenues

 

 

 

Iron ore

64.300

435.800

741.200

Metallurgical coke

960.300

1296.600

2813.600

Pig iron

-

-

-

Power

-

-

-

Total

1024.600

1732.400

3554.800

 

 

 

 

Net Revenue from Operations

2347.100

2857.700

18973.400

 

 

 

 

Segment Results - Profit / (Loss) before tax, finance costs, interest and investment Income and exceptional items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iron ore

(1151.000)

1264.800

3426.100

Metallurgical coke

(264.600)

99.600

(670.800)

Pig iron

79.200

249.300

185.400

Power

(20.200)

(33.100)

(53.300)

Total

(1356.600)

1580.600

2887.400

Less: Finance Costs

1014.900

813.400

2964.500

Add : Interest and Investment Income

1889.600

55.100

3261.200

Add: Exceptional Items

-

-

97.100

Profit before tax

(481.900)

822.300

3087.000

 

Capital Employed

As at 31.12.2012

As at 30.09.2012

As at 31.12.2012

Iron ore

15062.300

16324.900

15062.300

Metallurgical coke

3566.700

3566.000

3566.700

Pig iron

7033.900

5404.100

7033.900

Power

1097.700

1063.800

1097.700

Unallocated

105328.300

105552.000

105328.300

Total

132088.900

131910.800

132088.900

 

 

NOTES:

 

1.       These results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors at their respective meetings held on 24th January, 2013. The statutory auditors have carried out a "Limited Review" of these results.

 

2.       The Shareholders at the Court convened meeting held on June 19, 2012, have approved a Scheme of Amalgamation and Arrangement amongst Sterlite Industries (India) Limited, The Madras Aluminum Company Limited, Sterlite Energy Limited, Vedanta Aluminium Limited, and Sesa Goa Limited ("the Company") and their respective shareholders and creditors (the "Scheme") and also a Concurrent Scheme of Amalgamation of Ekaterina Limited with the Company and their respective shareholders and creditors (the "Concurrent Scheme"). The Scheme and the Concurrent Scheme are inter-conditional and the Concurrent Scheme coming into effect is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Scheme. Further, the name of the Company is proposed to be changed from Sesa Goa Limited to Sesa Sterlite Limited. The petitions for merger have been filed with and admitted by The High Court of Bombay, at Goa, in respect of which hearings have commenced. Pending Court approvals, no accounting impact of the scheme has been given in the above results.

 

3.       The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Bloom Fountain Limited has acquired the remaining 49% stake in Western Cluster Limited, Liberia ("WCL") for a cash consideration of Rs. 1836.800 millions. Post this acquisition, WCL has become a wholly owned subsidiary. WCL will develop the Western Cluster Iron Ore Project in Liberia which includes development of iron ore deposits, necessary transportation and shipping infrastructure for export of iron ore.

 

4.       a) The Government Authorities have ordered suspension of mining operation of all mining leases in the State of Goa, stoppage of mining transport across the State of Goa and suspension of environmental clearance in September, 2012. In October, 2012 the Supreme Court has ordered suspension of all mining operations and transportation of iron ore of the mines in the State. In view of the foregoing, operations at the Company's mines in Goa remain suspended. The Company has filed an application before the Supreme Court seeking modification or vacation of the aforesaid order. The hearing in the Court is yet to commence effectively.

 

b) The Supreme Court of India had on August 26, 2011 ordered a ban on iron ore mining and direct sales in the State of Karnataka. Pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court, the Central Empowered Committee has approved the Company's Reclamation and Rehabilitation plan at a provisional production capacity of 2.29 mtpa and the Company expects to commence mining in Karnataka, subject to obtaining the Court's approval. In the meanwhile, sale of inventory continue to be effected by e-auction through the Court appointed agency.

 

5.       a) In view of the position outlined in Note 4 above, there has been a consequential reversal of current tax    

       charge made in the earlier quarters, to the extent of Rs. 510.000 millions.

 

b) Based on legal opinion, provision has not been made for Income Tax Demands aggregating Rs.14980.000 millions (including interest-Rs. 3070.000 millions and penalty-Rs.200 millions) for the Assessment Years 2009-10 to 2011-12, arising primarily on account of disallowances of EOUs benefit claims, in respect of which appeals have been/are being filed with the appropriate appellate authorities.

 

6.       Exceptional items for periods: (a) in the current financial year pertain to expenditure in connection with the Company's Voluntary Retirement Scheme; and (b) in the prior financial year pertain to expenses incurred for the strategic investment in Cairn India Limited.

 

7.       Profit before tax under standalone results of the Company includes tax free dividend income of Rs. 1755.700 millions (preceding quarter Rs. Nil, corresponding quarter Rs. Nil) from an associate which has been eliminated in the consolidated results as per Accounting Standard - 23. Hence, other income, profit before tax and profit after tax are strictly not comparable in the consolidated results with corresponding figures in the standalone results.

 

8.       a) As Cairn India Limited has become an associate from December 8, 2011, the share of profit from associate in the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2012 is not comparable with the corresponding relevant periods on consolidated basis.

 

b) In view of acquisition of Goa Energy Private Limited on March 2, 2012, the figures for the power segment for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2012 are not comparable with those of the corresponding relevant periods on consolidated basis.

 

9.       Figures for the previous periods have been regrouped / rearranged wherever necessary to conform to the current period's classification.

 

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITY

 

Contingent Liability not provided for, in respect of: -

 

i)         Guarantees (excluding the liability for which provisions have been made) amounting to Rs. 232.200 millions (Previous year Rs. 78.300 millions) given by the bankers in favour of various parties.

 

ii)       Letters of Credit opened by the banks in favour of suppliers amounting to Rs. 1381.900 millions (Previous year Rs. 3631.300 millions).

 

 

iii)      Bonds executed in favour of customs authorities in respect of export of iron ore Rs. 24748.200 millions (Previous year Rs. 1,6277.100 millions).

 

iv)      Claims by custom authorities (under dispute) relating to differential export duty on export shipments Rs. 344.100 millions (Previous year Rs. 491.300 millions). The said amount is also included under bonds executed detailed in (iii) above.

 

v)        Bills discounted under letters of credit with banks Rs. 1370.300 millions (Previous year Rs. 3539.000 millions).

 

vi)      Disputed income tax demands of Rs. 2453.800 millions (Previous year Rs. 195.100 millions) including interest and penalty of Rs. 623.600 millions (Previous year Rs. 17.100 millions), where the Company is in appeal before Appellate Authority

 

vii)     Disputed forest development tax amounting to Rs. 1953.600 millions (Previous year Rs. 1739.600 millions) levied by Government of Karnataka challenged by writ petition filed in the High Court of Karnataka. Hearing of writ petition before the High Court of Karnataka is pending. A bank guarantee amounting to Rs. 450.000 millions (Previous year Rs. 350.000 millions) has been furnished against this demand. Also, an amount of Rs.402.300 millions (Previous year Rs. 329.700 millions) has been deposited against the aforesaid demand and same is included under Short term loans and advances.

 

viii)   Cess on transportation of Ore, coal and coke within Goa levied by Government of Goa under the Goa Rural Development and Welfare Cess Act, 2000 (Goa Act 29 of 2000) amounting to Rs. 983.500 millions (Previous year Rs. 731.600 millions) challenged by way of writ petition in the High Court of Bombay, Panjim Bench.

 

ix)     Other claims against the Company not acknowledged as debts:

 

a)       Dead rent on deemed mining leases for the period from 20.12.1962 to 23.05.1987 amounting to Rs. 1.000 million (Previous year Rs. 1.000 million) and royalty for the period from 20.12.1961 to 30.9.1963 amounting to Rs. 1.200 millions (Previous year Rs. 1.200 millions) sought to be levied by the Government pursuant to the Goa, Daman & Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition & Declaration as Mining Leases) Act 1987, challenged by Special Leave Petition before Supreme Court of India.

 

b)       Claims related to commercial and employment contracts Rs. 42.600 millions (Previous year Rs. 74.000 millions).

 

c)       Demand from Railway authorities towards stacking charges amounting to Rs. 40.900 millions (Previous year Rs. 40.900 millions) appealed before Kolkata High court and stay obtained. A bank guarantee amounting to Rs. 40.900 millions (Previous year Rs. 40.900 millions) has been furnished against this demand.

 

d)       Others Rs. 33.200 millions (Previous year Rs. 33.200 millions).

 

The above amounts are based on the demand notices or assessment orders or notification by the relevant authorities, as the case may be, and the Company is contesting these claims with the respective authorities. Outflows, if any, arising out of these claims would depend on the outcome of the decisions of the appellate authorities and the Company’s rights for future appeals before the judiciary.

 

FIXED ASSETS:

 

  • Mining leases
  • Mining concessions
  • Land plots
  • Road and bunders
  • Buildings
  • Plant and machinery
  • Aircraft
  • Vehicles
  • Riverfleet
  • Ship
  • Furniture and fittings

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

SC MAY ALLOW SESA GOA'S K'TAKA MINES TO RESUME OPERATIONS

 

Feb 25, 2013

 

he Supreme Court may soon allow Sesa Goa's 6-million-tonne Narrain mine in Chitradurga to resume operations, which had stopped mining iron ore after the apex court banned mining in Karnataka in August 2011.

 

Supreme Court is likely to accept Central Empowered Committee's recommendation, made in the last week, for allowing all mines in category A and B to resume operations. Sesa Goa's Narrain mine falls in to the category B. The apex court is going to hear the Karnataka as well as Goa mining case continuously for the next three days.

 

Mining ban in Goa has heavily impacted the state's economy, which gets almost 50 percent of its revenues from export of iron ore. In an interview with CNBC TV18, P K Mukherjee, Managing Director, Sesa Goa explains effects of ban on Goa and also discusses some solutions to improve the situation.

Below is a verbatim transcript of the interview:

 

Q: Can you tell us what was the outcome of the Supreme Court hearings that were lined up last week?

 

A: Last week nothing has happened as far as iron ore mining is concerned. At fag end of Friday, Karnataka matters have started which is supposed to be going on from tomorrow morning. Although, I think during that last half an hour of Friday amicus curiae had told that there is no problem in accepting the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) report which says to grant resumption of mining for all A and B categories. So that takes our mines which are in B category also into account. Tomorrow morning onwards Karnataka matter is supposed to be dealt with. Various other issues are also being brought in by other counsels. So let us see how it pans out tomorrow onwards.

 

Q: Are you getting a sense that perhaps from hereon things will be speeded up? Do you have some idea as to when at least in Goa things will come back into shape and you will be allowed to mine considering that now there is a serious Current Account Deficit (CAD) issue as well?

 

A: The matter is in Supreme Court and it was kind enough to understand the importance of the matter. That is why last week they have set three days continuously in the forest bench which was not the case before. This week also apparently they have given three days continuously, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. So after the Karnataka matter is dealt, Goa is in line. No effective hearing has taken place on Goa, so I cannot take a guess.

 

As far as your other point is concerned regarding the impact - it is known from the very beginning that what impact of such a big lock on Goa mining would be. Goa mining is totally export oriented because there are no takers in India.

 

22 yrs on, closed Sesa Goa mining site turns a shade greener

 

Apart from huge CAD, fiscal deficit, effects on foreign exchange reserves, another important aspect to take in mind here is that this market has been developed over the decades with very painstaking efforts by Goan miners. As you know Goa is mining for last six-seven decades,  while Japan, South Korea, Europe, besides China has been mining in the last decade or so. This market has been developed very painstakingly and nobody is waiting for the supplier as to when they resume supply. That is a huge concern and I think all of the planners and administration people including the court understand that and that is where the urgency is.

 

Goa is a small state, but it is still a state and state's economy is hugely impacted. One-third of the population is reeling under uncertainty. 25 percent of the broad state domestic product has gone and one-third of the state’s revenue has gone, so this is a huge issue.

 

In case of Goan mining for your audience I must tell almost 50 percent of the revenue goes to the exchequer in the form of export duty, government royalty and in the form of income tax.

 

Q: Do you think as and when you are able to mine and start exporting will you find Indian iron ore selling at a discount because of the risk premium?

 

A: It is more likely than not.

 

Q: You indicated that the Supreme Court will be hearing the Karnataka mining ban case till Thursday. Are we likely to get a resolution on Thursday itself or the resolution on category B mines is not going to come so quickly?

 

A: I am optimistic from the very beginning. It is a matter of time only. As far as our mines’ resumption is concerned, we must tell everybody one thing that Supreme Court is allowing the resumption of mining, but there are various other approvals including the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) approvals which are all lapsed, also needs to be in place. We are also requesting Supreme Court to give an appropriate directive to those ministries to give a temporary permit or something like that so that we can resume the operations fast.

 

Q: How long will these other approvals take, the likes from an MoEF? While the approvals are still coming through how high is the likelihood of you all getting a temporary license to go ahead and start mining?

 

A: As per the laid down laws of the land on expiry of any licenses you are supposed to apply for renewal one year in advance which in our case we have applied 16 months in advance. It is unfortunate that the concerned authorities have not processed those applications because they were under the impression that Supreme Court has banned it, so we have got nothing to do right now, but the matter has started being processed.

 

After Supreme Court has intervened and told that we have never told that no processing of applications should be done. However, it takes its own time. Being an Indian we know, in India these government approvals do not get done overnight. At state government level our forest clearance has been processed. Now it has to be moved to the central government MoEF and then it has to ultimately clear.

 

So that is why there is something called Temporary Work Permit (TWP). That is to be given by the MoEF for a defined timeframe, maybe six months or so or three months of so and for which we are requesting Supreme Court to issue an appropriate directive to MoEF to give us the TWP for that.

 

Q: Do you think that you will get some inventory liquidation permission from the court in Goa at least?

 

A: I am optimistic and we are hopeful. As I have spelt in brief that impact in Goa is huge and some economic activity on the mining front has to start very fast.

 

Q: Are you looking at starting your pig iron operations through imported iron ore?

 

A: This is always an option for us to evaluate. This is pure economics. We are running our pig iron operations in a very constrained way because of the iron ore availability issue as well as high cost. So this is an economic consideration which we are continuously evaluating.

 

However, currently as you know the iron ore price in the world market has also gone up in last couple of months and that is why at the moment in spite the domestic price is very high, economically it does not make much sense, particularly considering when you have to import you have to import a shipload of ore which is a big quantity as far as our pig iron plant is concerned.

 

 

SHORT TATA STEEL, SESA GOA, SAIL: AGARWAL

 

Feb 21, 2013

 

Shubham Agarwal of Motilal Oswal Securities is of the view that, one can short Tata Steel, Sesa Goa and Steel Authority of India (SAIL) from metal space.

Agarwal told CNBC-TV18, "If we look at some of the stocks in metal then Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries are at a verge of a breakdown. So, one can look to go short on Sesa Goa for another 15 percent of downside is what we expect. Very similar setup is there in Steel Authority of India (SAIL) as well. So, stocks like Tata Steel, Sesa Goa and SAIL will be the most preferred stocks for going short in the metal space."

SAIL's trailing 12-month (TTM) EPS was at Rs 8.57 per share. (Dec, 2012). The stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was 8.91. The latest book value of the company is Rs 96.38 per share. At current value, the price-to-book value of the company was 0.79. The dividend yield of the company was 2.62%.

 

HOLD SESA GOA: SEKHAR

 

Feb 21, 2013

 

Phani Sekhar, Fund Manager, Angel Broking is of the view that one can hold Sesa Goa.

 

Sekhar told CNBC-TV18, “In the very near-term there are lot of catalysts. It is a different thing whether they materialize or not. However, downsides are also limited and to that extent upsides are also capped, but if one is a long-term investor it will be a good idea hold Sesa Goa, because this merged entity of Sesa Sterlite actually has a global size and currently although aluminium business is weak, the zinc business is more or less offsetting it, although there are no great upsides. So in the very near to medium-term the triggers might be allotment of a bauxite mine or clarity on iron ore mining or more importantly a draft mining. All these are potential upsides. So the investor can actually hold on and hope to see better prices on Sesa Goa.”

 

 

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                              None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.54.29

UK Pound

1

Rs.81.08

Euro

1

Rs.70.61

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

NID

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

5

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

5

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

5

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

5

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

5

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

50

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

 

NB

New Business

-

 

 

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